Licensees of narrowband personal communications services report their development, testing and introduction plans for two-way messaging services are right on schedule. But Ian Gillott, manager of wireless research for IDC/Link Resources, suggests carriers have shifted to more conservative time schedules.Many service providers say they...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services Inc. has named Jeffrey Fox president and William Cravens chairman.Fox most recently served as senior vice president of business development and Cravens previously served as vice chairman and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Alltel, Fox worked in investment...
WASHINGTON-Sometime this week, the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff's Department should be able to use most capabilities of an $18 million Enhanced Digital Access Communications Systems radio system being installed by Ericsson GE Mobile Communications. However, county commissioners still slapped the Lynchburg, Va., manufacturer with...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it doesn't expect to renew its original equipment manufacturer contracts with Nokia Mobile Phones and Oki telecom at the end of the year when the agreements expire.Lucent said it is making good progress on establishing a factory in New Jersey...
I'm a 5-foot-3-inch person, but I'm beginning to feel like Gulliver in Lilliput electronics land.Anyone who watched the Summer Olympics probably saw the commercial in which a bunch of Australians on a front porch in the outback talk about the sissy-sized laptop computer one...
Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. of Givatayim, Israel, announced it has signed an agreement with Academy D.O.O., a Yugoslavian security services company, to deploy Nexus' automatic vehicle location and tracking system in Yugoslavia. Deployment will begin during second quarter 1997, said Nexus. The first stage...
While naysayers doubted that personal communications services networks could be built out in record time, the five systems now up and running prove them wrong.Western Wireless Corp. last week turned on a PCS network in New Mexico, its third PCS launch in five months....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed contracts with Hungarian telecommunications operator Deltav to deploy a Digital European Cordless Telecommunications network in southern Hungary.Ericsson and Deltav will deploy AXE switching centers in the primary areas of Szeged and Szentes, said Ericsson.
Photocomm Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been awarded a $3 million contract from Motorola Inc. for 831 solar electric systems to power a wireless communications project in Indonesia. Photocomm said its solar systems will provide power to an extensive communications network linking remote sites...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed an order for a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications system with Scancom in Ghana, Africa.With an initial capacity of 8,000 subscribers, the GSM system will provide cellular coverage for Accra, the nation's capital, and the city of Tema,...
L.M. Ericsson has signed a three-year contract with JT Mobiles Ltd. to supply digital cellular Global System for Mobile communications systems in India. Ericsson said it will supply and install complete GSM systems for JT Mobiles' cellular operations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Three...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele Danmark Mobil has signed a contract with L.M. Ericsson for additional development of its Global System for Mobile communications network in Denmark.Tele Danmark will purchase systems valued at $85 million during the next two years, said Ericsson. The new contract also includes...
Ericsson Inc. is prepared to go head-to-head with a strong U.S. alliance in hopes of striking an early position in the U.S. low-tier equipment market.Ericsson's new product, the SuperCordless phone, is based on the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone standard of Europe, DECT. The phone...
AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has officially opened its European headquarters in the Netherlands. The company said it opened the office because its cellular operations in Europe are becoming an increasingly important part of AirTouch's overall business strategy.L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a...
CellStar Corp. said it has a tentative Fortune 500 buyer for its kiosk business located in 347 Sam's Club stores nationwide, the expenses of which led to the company's disappointing first-quarter results.The investment community had estimated CellStar's net income would be at least $5...
Part of a year-old jury verdict was reversed last week when the technology patent lawsuit between InterDigital Communications Corp. and Motorola Inc. was revisited in U.S. District Court.However, the victory for Motorola, and ultimately for L.M. Ericsson as well, was upheld.The case began in...
NEC Corp. of Tokyo has launched its new GSM phone in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand sales and sell a million units during the first year.This is the Japanese equipment manufacturer's first product based on Global System for Mobile...
Andrew Corp. announced it has opened a sales office in Miami to process quotations and customer inquiries for the Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and for U.S.-based companies that export into those regions. Customer services in all other areas of South America are handled...
The groundwork for a head-to-head duel between factories is being laid in Brazil, where Nokia Group and Motorola Inc. both are establishing handset manufacturing plants.Brazil has 1.2 million cellular subscribers, making it the most prolific cellular market in Latin America. An annual growth rate...
A U.S.-owned company is up against competition in its bid for digital dispatch radio spectrum in the United Kingdom, while also facing implementation of the never-deployed TETRA standard.National Band Three Ltd. is wholly owned by Geotek Communications Inc. of Montvale, N.J. The four-year-old company...
L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications Ltd. Birla Communications is a joint venture between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the Indian company A.V. Birla Group. Its...
MONTREAL-Ericsson Communications Canada Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent with Group Communication Services Inc. of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, under which Ericsson will provide hardware, software and support services-based on its Enhanced Digital Access Communications Services Technology-for Group CS' planned expansion and...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Sercomtel has commercially launched digital cellular phone service using Time Division Multiple Access technology in Brazil.The system, which is Brazil's first digital system, will provide service in Lodrina and the surrounding areas for more than 24,000 subscribers, Ericsson said.Brazil previously...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. ordered more than one million of Lucent's Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular phones to be supplied during the next two years. The companies said the contract is valued at more than $300 million....
